Scandanavian Crime

gwynethabaker

I'm a major fan of scandanavian crime but think i've exhausted most authors at this stage. Can anyone recommend anyone other than the following: Steig Larsson, Asa Larsson, Henning Mankell, Jan Costin Wagmer, Arnalder indridisson, Per Wahloo, Karin Fossum and Ake Edwardson!! Thanks

mixedfeelings

Although I have an interest in this area I haven't really got far with reading much, I think my interest peaked after watching "The Killing", but I thought I would reply as I wasn't sure where you are but I watched a documentary done by the bbc on this area of fiction, not sure if you will be able to see it but there are good links on the page that might help;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wvcyj

Calyps0

This is a list I had compiled some time ago:

Tursten, Helene
Ekman, Kerstin
Fossum, Karin
Indridason, Arnaldur
Jungstedt, Mari
Eriksson, Kjell
Nasser, Hakan
Larsson, Asa
Larsson, Stieg
Hellberg, Björn
Lapidus, Jens
Alvtegen, Karin
Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström (thriller/action type, eventually)
Edwardson, Ake
Siggursdottir, Yrsa (Iceland)
Läckberg, Camilla
Nesbo, Jo (nutcase)

Out of this list I didn't particularly like Mari Jungstedt (can't remember why except that I made a note of 'boring' beside her name. And I don't remember anything about Kerstin Ekman, so I either haven't read anything by her or she was not memorable to me.

Calyps0

That should read 'Hakan Nesser' not Nasser, apologies.
Also, this is a really good site that I just found: http://scandinavianbooks.com/index.html